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Description

Vigorous and productive. This seed-grown variety yields small pecans that make up for their size with rich flavor and high oil content. Heat-tolerant. Ripens from late September to late October. For proper pollination, plant two or more seedling pecan trees or plant with a grafted pecan tree like Starking® Hardy Giant™.

Characteristics

Bloom Color

Green

Distance To Pollinator

75 - 250'

Fruit Color

Brown

Fruit Size

Small

Pollination

Pollinator Needed

Ripens/Harvest

Late September To Late October

Shade/Sun

Full Sun

Soil Composition

Loamy

Soil Moisture

Well Drained

Soil pH Level

6.0 - 6.5

Taste

Good Flavored

Texture

Crunchy

Years to Bear

10 - 20

Zone Range

5 - 9

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range
5 - 9

My Hardiness Zone
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BEST ANSWER:The Missouri Hardy pecan tree's pollen shed time likely happens too late in the season to be an ideal pollen source for the Pawnee pecan tree's flowers. For reliability, I'd suggest a variety like Kanza or Lakota to go with your Pawnee.

BEST ANSWER:The Missouri Hardy pecan tree's pollen shed time likely happens too late in the season to be an ideal pollen source for the Pawnee pecan tree's flowers. For reliability, I'd suggest a variety like Kanza or Lakota to go with your Pawnee.

BEST ANSWER:It may be preferable to plant another variety of pecan for cross-pollination, since each variety has slight differences, but two seedling pecan trees (like Missouri Hardy) can cross-pollinate one another.

BEST ANSWER:It may be preferable to plant another variety of pecan for cross-pollination, since each variety has slight differences, but two seedling pecan trees (like Missouri Hardy) can cross-pollinate one another.

I planted a Missouri Hardy Pecan back in 2007 and it's doing quite well. The literature said it would bear fruit in 10-20 years, but needs a pollinator. The book recommends either another of the same variety, or the Starking Hardy Giant Pecan, which is said to bear nuts in 10-15 years. I'm not sure I will still be around that long (will likely move in about 10 years). I would like to try a pecan that is both self-pollinating and matures a little quicker, such as the Southern Giant Pecan. Would the southern Giant Pecan still act as pollinator for the Missouri Hardy Pecan, even if not the ideal pollinator?

BEST ANSWER:No, I wouldn't recommend Starking Southern Giant. Pecan tree pollination is a little different from fruit trees. Pecan trees bloom and shed pollen at different times (some early and some late) depending on the variety. Given your requirements for early-bearing, to overlap Missouri Hardy pecan tree's pollen shed and bloom time, it would be better to go with either a Desirable or Peruque pecan tree. These are not self-pollinating varieties, but even "self-pollinating" pecan trees perform much better with a compatible partner.

BEST ANSWER:No, I wouldn't recommend Starking Southern Giant. Pecan tree pollination is a little different from fruit trees. Pecan trees bloom and shed pollen at different times (some early and some late) depending on the variety. Given your requirements for early-bearing, to overlap Missouri Hardy pecan tree's pollen shed and bloom time, it would be better to go with either a Desirable or Peruque pecan tree. These are not self-pollinating varieties, but even "self-pollinating" pecan trees perform much better with a compatible partner.

Customer Reviews

This is the sThat tree is about 16 feet tall and bloomed for the first time last year. That was when I was made aware that I needed two of them to get nuts, so I ordered another and planted it about 60 feet away. I expected to not get any nuts for another ten years or so, but actually the older tree bloomed profusely this year and now has a few pecans on it. I am sure the production will be much better when the young tree gets old enough to bloom, also.

I purchased two trees which arrived in very goo health. Both produces leaves the same year I planted them, however this year one had apparently died where the other one has taken off like crazy. I may need to repurchase a tree but I love the pecan tree which not only will sometime produce wonderful nuts but very adequate shading.

Have had this in the ground and all is well. Plant arrived happy and healthy and is doing well through this Spring. Hopefully in a few years it will be bearing well. Just like my other trees from Stark. Need to order another for the farm, this one is at my home.

I purchased 4 of these trees over about a 3 year span. All but one of the trees lived. I kept them in a 5 gallon pot near the house for the 1st year so I could water them easier and keep an eye on them. I live in Northwest Arkansas, zone 7B - hot summers and mostly mild winters. My first two trees are about 8 years old now and I estimate them over 15 ft tall. Honestly I've never even fertilized these trees, just occasionally some water when it's dry and they've done great. My plan is to start fertilizing at the proper times I haven't seen any nuts yet but hope it won't be too long.

I bought this tree because I was fascinated with the idea that you could grow pecans in Northern Indiana after I saw a huge Pecan tree in a county park in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It has been difficult to get the trees established and I have had to replant and try a second time but I now have one tree through three winters and another through two winters.

Ordered 3 or 4 hardy pecan, planted mid-autumn in N. Arkansas. Put at depth, with correct soil, mulch, put deer fence around each. Winter was mild. None survived to spring except one I found a few inches of tree that I nurtured and may survive. These were not cheap, plus cost of soil, mulch, t-posts, fence. Disappointed in quality. Got large number of pecan trees from MO Dept Conservation, arrived larger and all health (3 kinds), appear all to be thriving.